The main issue was deciding what to play: Should it be old Ramones material or new material? I had about three albums worth of new material, but I knew that people would rather hear the Ramones songs.

Ricky Nelson... I couldn't believe it when he died. He was a great rock star.

I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.

Visuals are as artistic as sounds, so being serious about both isn't a contradiction to me.

I've always just wanted to sing in a rock band.

When I met Ronnie Spector, she walked in and said, 'You look like me.'

I get starstruck really easily. I love music so much - it sounds so silly to say that - so if I'm playing a festival and somebody I love, like [Primal Scream's] Bobby Gillespie, is there in the backstage area, I'm like, "Wow this is amazing! There they are!"